Centers, Laboratories, and Institutes
Independent research laboratories, centers, and institutes perform multidisciplinary research that extends beyond the scope of any one of the University's organized schools. Consult the links below for full information on these units.
Information on academic programs for undergraduates is provided by following the links on the right.
OFFICE OF VICE PROVOST AND DEAN OF RESEARCH
Vice Provost and Dean of Research and Dean of the Independent Laboratories, Centers, and Institutes: Ann M. Arvin
Offices: 450 Serra Mall, Main Quadrangle, Building 60
Mail Code: 94305-2064
Office Phone: 650-723-8789
Office Fax: 650-723-0662
Web Site: http://stanford.edu/dept/DoR
The following independent Laboratories, Centers, and Institutes report to the Vice Provost and Dean of Research:
BIOLOGICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
- Bio-X, the interdisciplinary program related to bioengineering, biomedicine, and biosciences, http://biox.stanford.edu
- Spectrum (formerly the Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Education and Research), http://spectrum.stanford.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
- Precourt Institute for Energy, http://pie.stanford.edu/
- Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, http://peec.stanford.edu
- Global Climate and Energy Project (G-CEP), http://gcep.stanford.edu
- Woods Institute for the Environment, http://woods.stanford.edu
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS), http://www.casbs.org
- Center for the Study of Language And Information (CSLI), http://www-csli.stanford.edu
- Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI), http://fsi.stanford.edu
- Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), http://cddrl.stanford.edu
- Stanford Health Policy (Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research), http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu
- Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) http://cisac.stanford.edu
- Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC), http://aparc.stanford.edu
- The Europe Center, http://fce.stanford.edu
- Program on Food Security and the Environment, http://fse.stanford.edu
- Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies (IUC), http://www.stanford.edu/dept/IUC
- Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD), http://pesd.stanford.edu
- Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE), http://spice.stanford.edu
- Human-Sciences and Technologies Advance Research Institute (H-STAR), http://hstar.stanford.edu
- Media-X, http://mediax.stanford.edu
- Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning (SCIL), http://scil.stanford.edu
- Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL), http://longevity.stanford.edu
- Stanford Humanities Center, http://shc.stanford.edu
- Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), http://siepr.stanford.edu
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
- Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, http://stanford.edu/group/ginzton
- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials (GLAM), http://stanford.edu/group/glam
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC), http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/kipac, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering (PULSE), http://pulse.slac.stanford.edu, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (SIMES), http://simes.slac.stanford.edu, operated jointly with SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory (HEPL), http://hepl.stanford.edu
CENTERS REPORTING TO THE DEAN OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES
- Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, http://www.stanford.edu/group/CSSA
- Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS), http://iriss.stanford.edu
- Stanford Center for Population Research (SCPR), http://iriss.stanford.edu/scpr
- Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality (CPI), http://iriss.stanford.edu/CPI
- Stanford Center for American Democracy (SCAD) (web site in development)
- Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS), http://pacscenter.stanford.edu
- Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, http://gender.stanford.edu
- Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, http://www.stanford.edu/group/morrinst
OTHER ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND CENTERS, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH LABORATORIES, CENTERS, AND INSTITUTES
- Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, http://www.hoover.org
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), http://www.slac.stanford.edu
- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL), http://ssrl.slac.stanford.edu